I Am Going To Write Something That May Not Be Popular, But If It Offends You In Anyway, It Probably Means That Im Writing This For You. Im Writing This To Help Younot To Criticize Or Belittle You. I Want Every Entrepreneur To Continue To Grow Throughout His Online Career And Sometimes When We Dont Accept Changewe Stop Growing. I Dont Want That To Happen To You.Lately, Ive Seen A Lot Of Online Service-based Business Complain That Cheaper Alternatives Are Driving Them Out Of Business. Ive Seen Virtual Assistants Angry That Anyone Would Work For US 10 Per Hour. Im Surprised By That Anger Because 10 Is Above The Minimum Wage In Every Single State In The U.S. And Province In Canada (2005 Statistics). Yes, I Know Running A VA Business Carries Expenses, But Many People Working Online Just Want Enough To Be Able To Stay Home, Instead Of Trudging To A Crappy Job. Good For Them For Being Resourceful.Ive Seen Article Writers And Article Distribution Services Annoyed That New Software And Automated Process Are Cutting Into Their Bottom Line And Causing Them To Lose Clients. It Seems The Hay Days Of Getting Paid 100 Plus Per Article Are Goneor Are They?If Youre Letting Your Business Die Because Lower Cost Services Are Coming In Its Time For A Wake Up Call. Complaining Isnt Going To Get You Anywhere, Except Possibly Bankruptcy. As More And More People Come To Work Online, Theres Going To Be A Lot Of People Working For What You Think Is Chump Change. As Programmers Get More Creative With Technology, More Processes Will Become Automated.A Smart Business Person Will Make Competition Irrelevantor As Irrelevant As Is Humanly Possible. If You Are Trying To Get Your Typical Internet Marketer On A Budget To Hire You For 25 Per Hour To Answer His Emailsyou Probably Will Lose Out To The Moms Who Just Want To Earn An Hourly Wage To Stay Home With Their Kids. But If You Set Yourself Apart And Target A Market That Doesnt Want To Nickel And Dime And Perceives More Expensive Services As More Professional --- Your Client List Will Grow. If You Have Satisfied Clients Paying 25 Per Hour, They Can Always Refer More Clients Who Will Pay 25 Per Hour.If Youre A Writer And You Think Its Fair To Charge 100 To Write An Article (and Honestlywell Written Articles ARE That Valuable), Realize How Much Money You Could Be Making By Writing Articles For Your Own Use. Plus, You Dont Have The Headache Of Dealing With Clients.This Is The Realization I Had To Come To In 2003. I Was A Copywriter For Hire. I Didnt Charge Top Dollar (and A Few Copywriters Complained To Me About That)but I Wasnt At The Bottom Of The Heap, As Far As Rates Went. I Thought If Somebody Would Pay Me 75 To Optimize One Website Page For Themwhy Was I Wasting My Time Letting Them Earn The Residual Income From It? If Someone Would Pay Me 150 To Write A Short Page Of Sales Copyjust How Much Money Were They Earning From It To Make It Worth Their While?After Thinking About That, I Decided To Quit Taking Clients And Focus My Efforts On Using My Own Writing Skills To Earn Me Residual And Passive Income. Now, I Make About 5 Times Much As I Did Back Then And I Work A Lot Less. Best Of All, I Have No Clients Do Deal With. You See, When Hire Yourself Out For Payyou Have To Keep Working To Earn That Pay And It Can Be A Real Drain On Your Time And Energy.If Youve Been Complaining About External Changes Affecting Your Business, Really Think About How You Can Change Your Own Approach To Make It Work For You. Every Business Has To Evolve To Keep Up With Changing Times. After All, McDonalds Did Once Say Theyd Never Offer A Veggie Burger.
